Taylor is 4 Months Old

Well sadly, this is only my second blog since I started it.  :-(  My goal was to post twice a week....and I am definitely falling shy of that.  Although, I'm finding that's the case with most bloggers.  They either go all crazy and post every day...or they forget and never post and therefore have no followers.  I guess I better get crackin if I want any of you to read my rants...LOL.

Taylor turned 4 months old on 1/29.  The Doctor said she is a VERY healthy little girl!!  Her stats are:
*Weight - 14 lbs, 13 ozs  (75%)

*Height - 25 1/2"  (90%)

*Head - 16" (50%)

Taylor is drinking 6-8 ozs at a time.  She is a very good eater!!  We attempted rice cereal, to which she wants NO part of...LOL. 

However, oatmeal is a different story...YAY!!

She sleeps from 7pm to around 4am (How lucky am I?!?!) but she has a VERY inconsistent daytime nap schedule.  It's near impossible to try to plan anything since you never know when she'll be down...LOL.  Not to mention, she hates the car.  I mean...LOATHES it!!  This is a first for me, since Brody is so quiet you hardly even know he's there.  She, on the other hand, becomes a screaming, slobbery, hot mess once you start moving in the car.  It's not her carseat, because she does fine in the stroller.  It's not an attention factor, because my Dad was next to her during one ride.  I think it's just a case of car sickness.  :-(   For us...it means that we don't go very far for fear that Mommy will go insane. LOL  That was tested on the hour and a half car ride to the zoo, to which...yup...she screamed...the ENTIRE way. 

She is almost rolling over and loves to grab her feet once you've taken her diaper off.  LOL She loves to smile and laugh and really enjoys watching Brody.

It's such a different experience when you have the first child there to help entertain the second one.  Brody loves to talk to her and help calm her down when she's upset while Mommy is getting a bottle ready. He is such a great helper and he LOVES being a big brother.  He cried the other day when we told him we were going to drop Taylor off at a friends while we went to Legoland.  He thought we were going to leave her there permanantly.  It was very cute!!

I can honestly say that having a second one is definitely a challenge.  The most challenging part to me is having had an easy going schedule for the past couple years, which I worked very hard to get might I add, and having it all thrown out the window.  I know we'll get there again someday but until then, I still believe my definition of insanity, is those who have more than two kids.  LOL  My hats off to you because I know I couldn't do it!!

Although...I wouldn't change anything and I enjoy waking up to these two beautiful children every day!

Well...Here We Go!!

So the year is now what...2012? And I am just now joining the world of blogging, which started in 1999 by the way...LOL.  I always seemed to consider myself pretty computery savvy.  You know, I emailed all the time and then of course got all the various instant messengers...but for some reason I had a hard time embracing the "Social Networking" world.  It's true...those who know me...know me to be outgoing, friendly and definitely not afraid to meet new people.  You probably get it...I just had those "people" that I didn't really want to be searching for me on MySpace, Friendster and of course the big and notorious Facebook. 

However, all that changed when I got my Real Estate License.  After I signed up with my Broker, she had this list of things I should do to ensure I get my name out there and market myself.  What were the first three things on the list?? Why Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter of course.  It was all over from there...what I once shunned as being such a horrible place is now something that I keep signed on all day on a daily basis.  Even in the background when I'm playing with the kids and doing household things.  I will always walk by and glance to see if that little icon is lit up red.  Sometimes, I even feel a little sad if it doesn't have anything.  LOL

Now...what has prompted me to want to start a blog?!?!  I mean, that's really getting my name out there and those "people" that I don't want to find me, may have all the chance in the world...LOL.  Well...I'm doing it because as my daughter, who is 14 weeks old is growing up, I'm realizing that I do not remember a lot of the things she is doing that my son did not 3 years before.  I was bad and never journaled anything with him.  Sure, I've partially made a baby book for him and I've written cute sayings he's said...but I've never kept track of the day to day things that are the wonders of parenting.  I've watched my neighbor write such a wonderful blog, tracking all the monthly accomplishments of each of her children and all the cool crafts she does and once she told me that she was able to put it into a book...I was sold! 

Not only will I keep track of my childrens progress and accomplishments, I hope I will have you laughing at what I called life as I tackle these two kids, handle a husband who works out of the home, attempt to get a catering business up and running and lead an active Mom's group.  I really do amaze myself sometimes with the things I'm able to take on...so heck...why not throw writing a blog on there to add even more stress right?!?! LOL  I mean gee...it's only taken me all day to get this first blog going because Lil Miss Princess has decided that although she slept for 11 hours last night (definitely not complaining about that) that she doesn't need to take a nap today and is in constant need of attention...while her 3 year old brother is on hour 2 of his nap he takes EVERY day...LOL....but such is life!

I hope you'll enjoying following me as we take on this crazy thing called life and kids and now that we have two...the fun is only just beginning!!